25 Chapter Twenty—Four: Dinner (1)

Douglas' trial was held while Charlotte was in a temporary coma. There wasn't much to fight over and the Judge made no delay. Sofia was sentenced to prison for 12 months but the judge was lenient since she confessed the crime and 6 month were taken off. Douglas on the other hand, was getting 14 years in prisonment. This was taking consideration of his mental state and him pleading guilty. With extra pressure from Carlos, Douglas was behind bars in no time.

Charlotte found out about this a couple days after her discharge from the hospital. Elliot, her brother and Alexa took her to Elliots home. Charlotte still felt queasy about returning to her own house for she still felt Douglas' eye on her even if her brother had taken care of it and debugged the whole house and shut the tunnel forever.

Alexa had informed her of how they had managed to find her whereabouts which was through a secret tunnel from her house. Before Charlotte moved in, she had work done in her house so she guessed that's when Douglas took the opportunity to build the tunnel and plant stuff in her house.

Alexa didn't stay for too long—something about a job scheduled. She bod them good bye and practically ran out the house screaming she was going to be late but Charlotte knew that was an excuse. She was sure Carlos and Alexa were fighting again. 

The atmosphere in the air was awkward after Alexa left. With Elliot and her brother sitting opposite each other and having a silent stare off. It seemed Carlos was winning. 

"Carl this Elliot my boyfriend and Elliot this is my older brother Carlos." Charlotte intrusive the two and tried to disperse the silence but to her disappointment it continued even when Elliot put his hand as a greeting. 

Carlos scrutinised the hand and after deliberations he shook it but his grip made Elliot Flinch. "Mr Lewis," Carlos called.

"Yes Sir!" Elliot responded back frantically. 

Charlotte rolled her eyes. "I'm going to make us some coffee. Does anyone want anything else?" 

Elliot shook his head and smiled at her lovingly. Luckily Carlos had let his hand go and he returned to his original seat. "Give me alcohol instead Charlie." Charlotte nodded and went to the kitchen but before she went she gave him a stern loon and mouth the words 'Be nice' to which Carlos cleared his throat. 

Charlotte had only been in the kitchen for a few minutes—10–15 minutes at most but when she came back to the room, Elliot was sitting beside Carlos and both from what it seems from their smiles were having a pleasant chat. She put down the tray on the coffee table. "What are we smiling about, care to share?" She asked as she gave the bottle of red wine to Carlos along with the glass. 

"Nothing to worry your little head about." Carlos answered. Charlotte glared at him. Why was he in such a weird mood today? 

Not giving too much thought, she shook her head and gave a porcelain mug with piping hot coffee to Elliot.

"Baby is this—" Elliot didn't get to finish his sentence because Charlotte had done it for him. "Decaf, yes baby it is. Don't you worry." Elliot's eyes wrinkled as he laughed. He got up from his seat and pressed a chaste kiss on her cheek then tapped the seat beside him. Charlotte took the seat and intertwined their hands. She kissed the back of his hand a couple of times. Oh how she missed this! As she leaned in for a kiss, a cough broke them out of their reverie. 

"Ruby is making Dinner. You two must come." He said while standing up. He Gulped down the wine remaining in the glass then put it down on the coffee table. "Remember to tell Alexa to be there as well. Ruby has spent the whole morning preparing. I don't want her efforts to go to waste. " He fixed his suit and tie as addressed the last bit. 

"You're leaving already?" Charlotte asked. 

"Yes, to avoid seeing live action porn in front of me. Especially not one with my sister and her boyfriend—" 

"CARLOS!!" Charlotte shouted. Carlos took this as a cue as he ran towards the door with his sister hot on his tail. Luckily he managed to shut the door before she could grab him. 

Charlotte returned to the living room with a red face. Her eyes connected with an equally embarrassed Elliot. She slowly made it next to him but as she was to sit down, she felt him tug her towards him until she landed on his lap.

 Now that any disruption was out of their way, Elliot seized Charlotte's lip. This was a hungry and lustful kiss. Elliot's hand gripped Charlotte's hip and brought her closer to him while her hands cupped each side of his face to deepen their kiss. Their tongues skillfully danced with each other and battled for dominance.

One of Elliot's hands creeped up Charlotte's top. He drew circles on her waist and ignited a fire in her chest. Butterflies rose in her stomach along with a burning sensation to make love to the man in front of her and Elliot felt the same. He tugged on her shirt and soon one by one their clothes were on the floor and they were making love on the sofa.